Valle de Luna, or Moon Valley, in Sardinia, is an eerie site that consists of odd-shaped granite rocks carved over the millennia by the wind, creating an unusual backdrop to several coves. The white granite boulders shine under the moonlight at night that makes a unique setting.

Completed in 1537, St Patrick’s Well is a 62-metre deep well in Orvieto, Umbria. It was built for Pope Clement VII who took refuge in Orvieto during the sack of Rome and feared the city's water supply would be insufficient in the event of a siege. It features two double-spiralled stairwells that were made for easier transportation of water.

Below Lake Reschen, in South Tyrol, lies the remains of 163 buildings, including a 14th-century church, in Italy's submerged town Graun. The town was buried under the water by an electric company that built a huge dam to give the area plenty of power, forcing residents to move away in 1950. Today the church's bell tower can be seen peeking out of the water and in winter when the lake freezes over it is possible to walk over to the tower.

Tuscany's Vagli Sotto is home to an artificial lake which hides the ghost village of Fabbriche di Careggine. The town was submerged in the 1940s by the raising of a dam. It was famous for the working and commerce of iron, inhabited almost entirely by the descendants of Brescian workers who immigrated to Garfagnana in the XIII century. Every ten years, the town of Fabbriche is drained of water for technical checks and maintenance on the dam, displaying a beautiful and striking sight.

One of the world's coolest racetracks is located on the rooftop of an old Fiat factory in Lingotto, Turin. When the factory was open, cars would move up floors as they were being built and the finished product would end up on the roof where they were tested. Today, the building is a modern complex, with concert halls, a theatre, shopping arcades and a hotel, and you can visit the rooftop track.

The Valley of the Mills features spectacular buildings that were abandoned in the 20th century, deep in a crevasse that is believed to have been created by an earthquake following a prehistoric volcanic eruption. The site, in Sorrento, was once used to grind wheat and was abandoned after it was deemed unsuitable for living and working.

Scala dei Turchi (Stair of the Turks) is a cliff formed by marlstone in Sicily. The unusual white cliff resembles a staircase, which formed naturally near Empedocle over the centuries. When visiting, hike down one of the steep trails that lead to the beach and join the locals who cover themselves in the marl, hoping to reap the benefits of the mud.

The Garden of Bomarzo, also called Park of the Monsters, is a Manieristic monumental complex in Lazio that is known for its larger-than-life sculptures. Some are sculpted into the bedrock and were intended to please and astonish. Sculptures in the park include Orcus with its mouth wide open with 'All Thoughts Fly' inscribed on its upper lip. Visitors can also view a dragon attacked by lions, a sleeping nymph and a turtle with a winged woman on its back.

In Piedmont, a giant creepy rabbit lies on a hill scaring hikers who come across the pink knitted attraction. The 200ft-long rabbit is situated on the 5,000ft-high Colletto Fava mountain and is the creation of art collective Gelitin as an outdoor sculpture for people to climb on, sleep on and play with. It is filled with straw and is expected to remain on the mountain side until it decays completely around 2025.

Sitting inside the mouth of a mountain cave in Marche is the Temple of Valadier, an isolated temple known as the Refuge of Sinners' which was built in 1828 and acted as a pilgrimage site for those seeking forgiveness. There was originally a marble Madonna and Child sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova inside but this was moved to a local museum.